Back-to-school tips to keep your family safe online

(ARA) – The end of summer means it’s time to head back to school. It also means kids are spending more time online prepping for the upcoming school year, finishing summer homework lists and reconnecting with summer friends. Likewise, cybercriminals are online targeting them through e-mail, IM and phishing scams, and even trying to make [...]

Carbon Credits

In energy-rich North Dakota, production comes both from renewable fuels like ethanol, biodiesel and wind energy and fossil fuels including oil and coal.

It’s the fossil fuels that have come under fire. Producing energy from fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which is widely believed to contribute to climate change.
“I believe there will be some form of [...]

Refining the state’s resources

While more pipelines are being built to deal with the issue of discounts on North Dakota oil, some North Dakotans and former state residents think building refineries here in the state should be part of the plan.
The idea arose partly out of a concern that there wouldn’t be enough refineries to ship North Dakota oil [...]

Innovating North Dakota: Investing in new business

About half a dozen workers sit around a table in the CiNCity Designs shop in Mandan, talking and laughing as they piece together the custom tail lights that the company is gaining global attention for.
According to Nic Cruz, CiNCity owner, there are reasons for the good feelings. Besides working on something he loves, the company [...]

Five Inventors earn awards

We’ve all heard that famous quip about inventions being 99 percent perspiration and one percent genius – but a handful of area innovators recently honored by North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven can perhaps identify with Thomas Edison’s reasoning a little better than most.
On May 19, five people were named winners of the third annual Innovate [...]

DICKINSON: Growing business from the ground up

Cosmetologist Deb Frank of Dickinson finds herself reaching into a bag of tricks for skin care products. Working directly with chemotherapy patients and hair loss, she founded WIGS, Inc.
The nonprofit organization provides wigs to cancer patients. In the process, she repeatedly noted the woes of dry skin as a result of wearing wigs, so to [...]

July Energy Updates

Pipeline study says oil should go through ND
A new 169-mile pipeline system running north into Canada has been recommended as the preferred means of transporting crude oil from west-central North Dakota to one of two TransCanada/Keystone transmission pipelines.
The recommendation is contained in a feasibility study, commissioned by the North Dakota Pipeline Authority, and presented in [...]

A Message for Small Towns: A Conversation with Jack Schultz

In Boomtown USA: The 7 ½ Keys to Big Success in Small Towns, author Jack Schultz synthesized three years of intensive research on small towns. His book has been called a “must read” for economic development and community leaders.
Schultz’s pioneering work on building up local economies and revitalizing towns has been featured in publications such [...]

Standing Rock Sioux provide entrepreneurial spirit

New Beginnings!
That is the model of growth and development of the new face on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Incubators have become a part of the business landscape around the rest of the country and Sitting Bull College on the Standing Rock reservation is getting in on the action.
After years of planning, organizing and raising [...]

UNITED PRINTING: From initial design to the finished product …

… United Printing provides the experience, the technology, the opportunity to make print pieces memorable and distinct. The staff at United Printing recognizes how today’s client desires both efficiency and affordability in printing needs.
The resulting product must stand out in a crowd. “At United Printing, we strive to put together quality design, good copy and [...]